I am a minister, photographer, retreat leader, author and Quaker -- albeit one who's not always good at being a good Quaker. I am the author of "Awaken Your Senses," "Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality," "Mind the Light: Learning to See with Spiritual Eyes" and "Sacred Compass: The Path of Spiritual Discernment" (foreword by Richard Foster).
This blog is a compendium of writing, photography, seriousness and silliness -- depending on my mood.

Monday, December 18, 2017

A Quaker Advent Reader: Day Eighteen -- "O all ye who have trod/ The wine-press of affliction"

Poor mothers, with your hoard Of endless love and countless pain– Remember all her grief, her gain, The Mother of the Lord.

Mourners, half blind with woe, Look up! One standeth in this place, And by the pity of His face The Man of Sorrows know.

Wanderers in far countrie, O think of Him, who came, forgot, To His own, and they received Him not– Jesus of Galilee.

O all ye who have trod The wine-press of affliction, lay Your hearts before His heart this day– Behold the Christ of God!

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Source: from “A Hymn for Christmas Morning” in Thirty Years: Being Poems New and OldYes, I know that Quakers don't recognize liturgical seasons. But I
like Advent and so will be sharing various readings during this season
(all of which fit with my understanding of Friends faith and life).

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I'm a Quaker who's just not very good at being a good Quaker -- I'm not always who aren't always peaceable, humble, kind, loving, truthful like someone who is a Friend should be. I'm also an author, minister, retreat leader, and photographer and I live in rural Indiana.